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[BigEasy18]

The side fan is aftermarket and from Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!, it uses the 3 prong straight into the motherboard but all my other case fans use the big 4 prong and each has a male/female.
I decided on the Antec TriCool 3speed 120mm but seein as the prices went up now you may want to choose one of the other ones.
The only idea I have for your no lights being on is that maybe your motherboard bios has an option to turn them off/on.

 

[roy69]

Bigeasy18, one thing to consider is to take your pc off the floor. You will find that you will get more dust in your system like this. Something simple like putting it on a box will help.

 

[Bubba]

Thanks big easy. LOL it's not the motherboard, the fans I replaced the original ones with didn't come with any lights. Looking at the newegg page though answered my question, you ordered the one with the LED blue lights lights. I got mine at fry's so I had to go with what they had. Oh well.

Roy. Thans for the tip. I didn't know that and mine is also on the floor, well it is until I go get something to set it on lol. My daughters' is also coming off the floor............

 

[Young Baird]

Hi, I had a look at the Antec 900, im so buying one lol. Im so syked about my pc build now! What a cool case and an even cooler price! £46-58 was what i found them at. Such great value and a 200mm fan. Well that just sealed the deal.

 

[xguntherc]

OK Everyone, I've been trying to decide here for a while now if I'd do a new build.. I've finally decided to just do it. So I've started my build.. got my Case, Mobo be here tomorro, same with the PSU, next comes the Intel Quad Core.. So on... (If want to kno what parts I got commin for RIG, just ask)..

So I decided to paint the inside of the Case because I hate that Ugly Metal color inside, I'm changing the Case to a Windowed Side Panel, Probably will make my own, not buy ugly one from Cooler Master.. So I'm painting it a High Gloss Shiny Midnight Black. I figured I'd be the Nice guy I am and post pictures here on my favorite Vista Place) for you all to enjoy, and possibly get idea's.

So here's the Beginning stages of my Case Mod, from taking parts off, to Putting on the first layer of Aluminum Primer


Here is the case, I realized I should take pixs of the entire job a lil late.. sorry


Another Shot of the Case


Slowly taking all the Parts off


Here's it almost finished, with It's TOP off


Doin this with my brother, 690 (Left), His Antec 900 (Right)


His And My Side Panels, Starting Primer


This is the Case fully Covered in the Aluminum Primer
I'll go easy on the Pictures.. sorry this is a lot.
Will use less in future pics.


Last Pic for today, Will do another coat in morning and tomorro night I'll start on the Midnight Blacks first coat..




Thanks for looking at my MOD job, Check back for more pictures coming soon, all the way through my build probably. But I'll use less pics, as this might be a BIG and long tread to open, and slow as hell, God forbid someone has 56K connection. So I'll keep them down.
Or maybe them smaller if anyone thinks they are 2 big.

Thanks, and come again to see the rest Later

 

[amplid]

Hey exguntherc, I don't think there are too many pictures, but maybe others do. It's cool to see the build in all of it's stages, for my part you can keep doing that, I think it's interesting. you seem like real pro

Greetings

Amplid

 

[Young Baird]

yea looks cool, painting a case never even crossed my mind before LOL im just reatarted that way. but please post more pics, i dont think thats too much. What is the full spec of you PC?

 

[Brink]

I do not have a camera that will take a decent picture, or it's just me. LOL

Here are images of the new system that I put together so far with my old parts and all of the help from the kind folks that made donations. They will give you a good idea of what the system looks like. There is a link under each one for specs on the device.

Thank You,
Shawn Brink


Tagan El Diablo full tower case : NEW
Tagan




GA-X48-DQ6 motherboard : NEW
GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Specification - GA-X48-DQ6




2 x 2GB Patriot PC2-8500 (1066 MHz) Dual Channel DDR2 RAM : NEW
Patriot Memory - Products




Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9450 with retail box Cooler : NEW
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9450 - SLAWR




28" Hanns HG281DJB widescreen monitor:
GO BEYOND with Hanns.G - USA




17" eMachines E17T4 monitor :
eMachines Display: E17T4 Product Details




BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCIe 2.0 graphics card:
BFG Tech - BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB PCIe 2.0




Microsoft Basic Wireless Optical Desktop :
Microsoft Product Information Center: Microsoft® Basic Wireless Optical Desktop : Overview

 

[Bubba]

That is one wicked looking case and I like your choice or processor if I may say so myself lol. I'm jealous of that 28 inch monitor. SO you are up and running eh? Good. Hope it's all you expected it to be.

 

[Young Baird]

dam 28in wow im only on 22in. Cool case it that the x-clio are does it just look similar?

 

[Brink]

Thank you Bubba. It runs a lot better and faster than I even expected. The 28" makes having multiple windows a lot easier to use and work with.

Shawn

 

[njnitehawk]

my stuff

gigabyte x38t-dq6 w/
Realtek ALC889A codec
intel core2 quad Q6600 2.4ghz
4gb ddr3 Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9DHX (4)
nvidia geforce 8800gt 512mb
500gb wd hd
250gb wd hd
vista 64-bit ulimate
pioneer dvd-rw dvr215d
lite-on cd-rw sohr
samsung 21.3 screen
creative inspire pt7800 7.1
plus 2.1 addtional speakers
hp officejet j5750
cable
microsoft wireless mouse and keyboard 6000
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Corsair CMPSU-750TX
not overclocked
5.7 score
425 geek score

 

[Brian the King]

My new laptop for school next year :D

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ps the writing there was for the other computer forum I go on, Guru3D, but you get the idea :eek:

HP Pavillion tx2000z
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68 Gold Edition [2.4GHz]
nVidia GeForce Go 6150
4096MB DDR2 533MHz RAM @ 5-5-5-15
250GB 5400RPM SATA HD
Realtek HD Audio
8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
and of course
Windows Vista Home Premium x64 SP1

3.0 WE Score

 

[amplid]

That ought to leave your old system with the 2.8 WEI in ruins:d

Nice rig, but I think you need one, with all the work you do for all of us

Thanks!

Amplid

(post for Brink...)

 

[Brink]

Thank you Amplid. Oh yes, the new one left the other computer in the dust spinning wondering what flew by.

Shawn

 

[xguntherc]

Here is my Current Build.. Almost done, still waiting on a few parts.. Here's my Lineup

Q6700 GO
Tuniq Tower BLU LED CPU Cooler (Be Here Tomorrow)
eVGA 750i FTW Mobo
Corsair 520HX PSU
ASUS 20x DVD Burner SATA w/Lightscribe
Seagate Cuda 500GB 32mb 7200.(11)
2x2 1066 RAM, either G-Skill or Mushkin (Still need to decide, "Help")
XFX XXX 8600GT @620 w/ Zalman VF700(Soon will get 8800 or 9600)
Cooler Master 690 Case, Modded, Midnight Black Inside
22 Inch Widescreen Samsung SyncMaster 226BW

Going well, just need to get RAM, and New card, cuz don't wanna use 8600GT on a Quad Core.

Here's some pics of Curernt work, and new paint job.
and Cable Management.

This is a Cool Picture IMO

Cables Well Hidden

Here's My Current GFX card.. I will soon be getting the 8800 or 9600, but for now this Modded 8600GT will do

So there it is.. What do you all think???

Thanks for looking, if have an input on what Video Card I should get, or What RAM i should get, pelase post.. or PM..

Thanks for checking out my Rig.. Pretty good Cable Management for First time Builder..

 

[xguntherc]

and Nice system Brink.. if I woulda saw that Donations Thread sooner.. I would have added.. I did read all the posts and all the people that helped.. Thats totally badass that they all did that.. I wish I thought of that..

And painting the Inside of the case is really cool, as I HATE that ugly grey aluminum Color thats stock.. one thing, if you do paint inside.. clean all metal with Isopropyl Alcohol First.. Add a good 2 coats of Aluminum Primer.. and then get a High Gloss paint.. or get a dull black.. and a can of Gloss Finish.. my paint was 2 in one.. midnight black with High gloss.. I love it so far.. although you might want to get a finish anyways.. so nothing chips.. do 3 coats of main color also.. Take ur time, one a day.. good temps outside during painting. and don't rush it..

There's my full spec list someone asked for..

And Brink Good for you, I hope your enjoying that system. What all you doing with it.. other than bein on Vistax64.com are you putting that CPU and GFX card to some heavy Gaming.. you should be.. although if you do, replace the CPU cooler with something better.. the BEST around is the Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme Cooler, or the Tuniq Tower.. thats what I got.. the Tuniq.. it's HUGE tho.

Also I did consider that case you got when doing mine.. but Not only do those Fans LOOK like a Jet Engine.. but they Sound like one also when your Running your system pretty hard.. one of My Main Pet Peeves are with my computer is SOUND.. I hate hearing Fans or HD's or the DVD drive.. so all my things I get are best for sound and Performance balanced.. and that case was just to loud for me..
plus the Big front fan doesn't have a Fan Filter.. so every month or so you should pull ur side panel off and use some compressed dust off air to clean all the dust buildup out.. cuz that fan will suck it in from the next room.. so be sure to keep the dust out as it makes things Hotter and cunducts Heat..

If anyone has anymore questions feel free to ask..

enjoy my Pics.. and Brink enjoy that Sweet system..

Cheers!

 

[roy69]

Nice one brink, will you have space for the second monitor on your desk with the 28inch beast there?

 

[Brink]

Xguntherc,

With the side being practically open, the fan noise can tend to roar a bit under a heavy load. Luckily, I have not been able to put it under a real heavy load yet. I going to look into making some kind of custom filter for it. I'm debating on what filter material would work best without sacrificing much air flow. Until then, I will have to keep the ole duster handy. LOL

My CPU temp hovers around 63º C, so I will probably need to look into a better cooler than the stock Intel one. Thanks for the suggestions.


Roy,

LOL, the 17" just barely fits on the top of the desk to the right of the 28" one. I do mean barely.

Shawn

 

[acdcfan]

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3847/dscf1697gx3.jpg

Here is my set up (pic to come later)

Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 Tower
Q6600
MSI P35 neo
Cooler Master 1KW power supply
4Gb Geil Ram 5-5-5-12
MSI 8800 GTS 512MB over clocked edition
2X500GB hard drives ( one running XP and one running Vista) Samsung
Thermal Take Big Typhoon 120 VX CPU cooler
4 120mm fans ( one exhaust 3 inlet fans)
Dual layer DVD burner LG
15-1 card reader.....

Somehow picture didn't come out properly ( to big)